nicholeraechelle wrote:This year we pre cooked most of our meals and put them into oven bags. we brought one big pot and just place the oven bag inside boiling water. this makes for easy cooking and easy clean up.

OKay, would this work with, say, frozen items? (Pre-cooking, freezing then thawing in the bag in water on the playa)

'I have come here to chew bubblegum and kick ass... and I'm all out of bubblegum'

I would think put the food in the bags and freeze them before you leave. Then put some blocks of ice in a good cooler and let the meals defrost over the week. Replace the blocks a couple times during the week and you should be good til the end. I think I'm going to try this next year.

Nichole - that is a great solution. The alternative energy zone people also cooked them dry in solar ovens, but that temperature, above boiling, is not officially safe. On the other hand, neither is the playa! Thanks for the tip!

You can put roasts or turkeys into oven bags, the meat stays moister and clean up is easy. I never thought about boiling in them. http://www.reynoldsovenbags.com/I use crockpot liners at home so I don't have to scrub the heavy crock.

I 've read that ziploc bags are made with a plastic that has a lower melting point than the boiling point of water and that some cancer causing agents can be released and leech into the food. I thought that since oven bags or slow cooker bags can put up with higher temps. that they could be dropped into boiling water without any problem. Just wondered if anyone had any thoughts on this

Elgin30 wrote:I 've read that ziploc bags are made with a plastic that has a lower melting point than the boiling point of water and that some cancer causing agents can be released and leech into the food. I thought that since oven bags or slow cooker bags can put up with higher temps. that they could be dropped into boiling water without any problem. Just wondered if anyone had any thoughts on this

Elgin30 wrote:I 've read that ziploc bags are made with a plastic that has a lower melting point than the boiling point of water and that some cancer causing agents can be released and leech into the food. I thought that since oven bags or slow cooker bags can put up with higher temps. that they could be dropped into boiling water without any problem. Just wondered if anyone had any thoughts on this

I think it you're that worried about it, you might want to make porcelain bags............What may or may not leach into your food, during boiling, probably pales in comparison to just the dust out there, let alone other fumes and substances you may well be exposed to..........not to mention your daily life.